 Editor in Chief Bill   | 03 Oct 2015 4:32 p.m. PST |
Which boardgame for the Ancients period do you prefer? |
| coopman | 03 Oct 2015 4:38 p.m. PST |
"Commands & Colors: Ancients" from GMT Games |
| Sysiphus | 03 Oct 2015 5:14 p.m. PST |
"Sword of Rome" has been quite the back-stabber of late! |
| FABET01 | 03 Oct 2015 5:16 p.m. PST |
Always had a weak spot for SPI's "Punic Wars". |
 miniMo  | 03 Oct 2015 5:31 p.m. PST |
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| Ragbones | 03 Oct 2015 6:16 p.m. PST |
PRESTAGS or Bill Banks' Ancients. I also really like Decision Games' Ancient Battles series. |
| GamesPoet | 03 Oct 2015 7:08 p.m. PST |
Enjoyed AH's "Alexander the Great" back when I was a young'un. |
| The Monstrous Jake | 03 Oct 2015 7:14 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Bill Banks' Ancients and PRESTAGS. If you squint a bit, One World by Metagaming might be considered ancients. Well, maybe not. |
| coopman | 03 Oct 2015 7:33 p.m. PST |
Columbia Games' "Julius Caesar" seems to be well liked based on the reviews at boardgamegeek. |
| (Leftee) | 03 Oct 2015 7:43 p.m. PST |
Commands and Colors – particularly Expansion 1 Greeks/Persians/Successors.
Hellenes GMT is enjoyed by me son and I.
I really liked AH's Alexander the Great. |
| skippy0001 | 03 Oct 2015 8:23 p.m. PST |
Deluxe Ancients, PRESTAGS(lost all the sets). Also AH Trireme and Roman Seas. |
| Chuckaroobob | 03 Oct 2015 9:10 p.m. PST |
I always liked AH's "Caesar at Alesia." |
| Temporary like Achilles | 03 Oct 2015 10:07 p.m. PST |
Pax Romana for grand strategic level, Lost Battles for simulation value, Commands & Colors for a brilliant game. |
| Martin Rapier | 03 Oct 2015 11:33 p.m. PST |
Another vote for CnC Ancients, although we play it with toys… |
| Bashytubits | 03 Oct 2015 11:49 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Avalon Hill Battle of Alesia. |
| advocate | 04 Oct 2015 2:27 a.m. PST |
'Ancients' is a long period already, and now we are asked to compare empire-building, strategic, grand-tactical and skirmish games within that? |
| Who asked this joker | 04 Oct 2015 6:36 a.m. PST |
Bill Banks Ancients. He got it right when it came to stuffing as many battles into one box as he could. The new version by Victory Point deserves honorable mention but I have not played them. |
| John the OFM | 04 Oct 2015 8:44 a.m. PST |
Ancient Conquest.
The combat results included "One smote".
Plus you got to carry off gods. |
| Dave Jackson | 04 Oct 2015 8:57 a.m. PST |
• Ancient Conquest
• Imperium Romanum
• Clash of Arms "the Peloponnesian War"
• SPI prestags: Chariot and Hoplite
• Some of the Ancient S&T mags are good…"Hell hath no fury" for example
• Boadicea (Against the odds) |
| GamesPoet | 04 Oct 2015 9:27 a.m. PST |
Just remembered … AH's "Civilization"
MB's "Conquest of the Empire" |
| David Manley | 04 Oct 2015 10:43 a.m. PST |
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| Cmde Perry | 04 Oct 2015 11:29 a.m. PST |
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| Shaun Travers | 04 Oct 2015 3:44 p.m. PST |
AH's Civilisation for fun.
Imperium Romanum I liked for the operational aspect
Bill Bank's Ancients for battles
I have Imperator and it looks great and may have the potential to be a favourite but have not found time to play it yet ;-( |
| Benvartok | 04 Oct 2015 4:21 p.m. PST |
Conquest of Rome (Empire Games) Britannia (old though I hear new is good) Italia |
| Clays Russians | 04 Oct 2015 6:58 p.m. PST |
Commands and colors ancients, all of it, best 240$ I ever spent ! |
| TNE2300 | 04 Oct 2015 9:04 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 04 Oct 2015 9:13 p.m. PST |
SPI's The Conquerors. Great for setting up ancient miniatures campaigns with Alexander or Hannibal. I sold mine at a flea market. The guy who bought it was so stunned to see it for sale he threw the money at me and fled the scene. |
| Old Contemptibles | 04 Oct 2015 10:02 p.m. PST |
Avalon Hill: "Civilization"
"Caesar" (Alesia)
"Alexander" (Gaugamela)
"Britannia"
"Circus Maximus" SPI: "The Conquerors" |
| Dave Jackson | 05 Oct 2015 3:30 a.m. PST |
Ahh….some good ones mentioned there! I agree, "The Conquerors" is great! Also, anyone remember "a mighty fortress"? (Not ancient, I know…) Trireme…yep… |
 aegiscg47 | 05 Oct 2015 7:07 a.m. PST |
Genesis: The Bronze Age
Successors
Sword of Rome
Hannibal |
| olicana | 05 Oct 2015 9:59 a.m. PST |
For a single 'campaign' game I'd plumb for Hannibal Rome Vs Carthage. For battles, Commands and Colors because it such good simple fun to play. |
| vtsaogames | 05 Oct 2015 2:24 p.m. PST |
Grand strategy: WRG's "Decline and Fall". It required 4 players (Roman, Hun, Vandal, Goth) and the Roman had to do simple bookkeeping. In practice that usually meant me. My cost-effective rule earned me the title "Pennius Pinchus". Every now and then I got to play the Huns – now that was fun. |
| vtsaogames | 05 Oct 2015 2:26 p.m. PST |
A Mighty Fortress, a great teaching tool. I managed to organize two games. Each one stopped after midnight and we were maybe halfway through the game. But I now understand the situation in Europe in the early 1500's. I hear tell due to the slow play it was nick-named a Mighty Tortoise. |
| steve1865 | 06 Oct 2015 4:48 p.m. PST |
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| leidang | 09 Oct 2015 11:07 a.m. PST |
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| Shaun Travers | 09 Oct 2015 10:29 p.m. PST |
Actually, I had forgotten Hannibal Rome Vs Carthage. I have it and played it a lot in the 1990s. |
| Wombling Free | 10 Oct 2015 8:20 a.m. PST |
I'm partial to GMT's 'Great Battles of History' series, especially Chandragupta and Chariots of Fire. |
